When you've walked my road and you've seen what I've seen, You won't try to talk about your magic friends.You'll know dang well why I have this glint in my eye. And I won't cry beneath anypony's hoof again.-Onyx Quill ((Inspired by "Mal's Song." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_btQs2Movo))

I never saw her as awful, just misguided. She wasn't evil, everything she did seemed to be as if she genuinely thought the world would be better by adopting her social structure. As soon as she found a better way, she changed her attitude while still retaining the basic personality she had always had.